Lebanon’s state-owned telecommunication company Ogero has been working on restoring and expanding the country’s connectivity after experiencing damages brought on due to the conflict. The clashes have significantly disrupted Lebanon’s telecom infrastructure, impeding connectivity and slowing the nation’s digital advancement.  According to the Director General and Chairman at Ogero, looking forward, the company has planned for expansions to its network connectivity as well as upgrades to its services with funding from multiple sources.  In detail, Ogero connected 221,000 households to fiber-optic Internet in 2024 and plans to add 406,000new subscribers to the network in 2025. The company is also upgrading from Wi-Fi 5, currently used at Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, to Wi-Fi 7. The upgrade will provide speeds of up to 3.5 gigabits per second (Gbps) with low latency (ping) of 2-4 milliseconds (ms). Additionally, the network’s backhaul capacity is being upgraded from 20 Gbps to 40 Gbps to support enhanced connectivity.  In parallel, Ogero is also expanding its Long-Term Evolution (LTE) wireless broadband communication infrastructure, increasing the number of stations from 97 to 219 by the end of 2025 and 390 by 2026, which translates to better and wider coverage nationwide. The LTE-Advanced capacity will be quadrupled from 10 Gbps to 40 Gbps to enhance performance and service quality. According to the Director General and Chairman at Ogero, the company will build 215 new stations in the southern and Baalbek regions, over the next 24 months, allowing users to regain connectivity following the conflict. Additionally, in a move toward sustainability, Ogero is also implementing solar energy solutions for 358 sites, with a 4-megawatt production capacity and 463 kiloampere-hours storage capacity. The US$ 9.6 million project is expected to generate US$ 8.5 million in annual savings. (ICE BEIRUT)

Fonte notizia: Bank Audi, Lebanon Weekly Monitor, 10 - 16 Feb. 2024